1. Unit 8
It must belong to Carla
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Section A a-3c

2. 学习重点（Learning points ）
1.Understand the passage and finish all the tasks.
2.must\might\could\can’t在文章中表推测的用法。
3.几个重点短语和句型的用法：used to，sth unusual，see sb doing，either，There must be doing，have fun doing。

3. attend/join/take part in something valuable pick up be stolen
Revision 属于
流行音乐
最喜欢的作家
玩具卡车
belong to
pop music
favourite writer
toy truck
zxxkw 发带 参加
一些宝贵的东西 拣起 被偷
hair band
attend/join/take part in
something valuable
pick up
be stolen

4. Yes, There are some strange happenings in our town.
New words learning
n. 声音；噪音
Do you hear strange noises outside our window?
n. 事件；
意外事件
Yes, There are some strange happenings in our town.

5. My father called the policeman, but he couldn’t find anything strange.
n. 男警察 (pl. policemen; policewoman 女警察)
My father called the policeman, but he couldn’t find anything strange.
zxxkw
n. 狼
Maybe it was a wolf, everyone in our town is feeling uneasy.
=nervous/worried adj. 担心的；不安的

6. She is a little worried./ She seems to
Lead in
Look at the picture and answer the two questions.
1. What can you see in the picture?
2. What can we know about the woman?
There is a woman looking out of the window at night.
She is a little worried./ She seems to
feel uneasy. 6

7. Task-1
Read the article quickly alone and decide which might be the best title.
A Small and Quiet Town
Strange Happenings in My Town
Animals in Our Neighborhood √

8. Listen to the article and answer the questions.
Task2
Listen to the article and answer the questions.
What was the town like before?
What is the unusual thing happening in the town?
It used to be very quiet and nothing much ever happened there.
People heard strange noises outside
the window every night.

9. Task3
Read the article together，then discuss in pairs and find words to match the meanings（circle）. 3b
nervous or worried _________
young people _________
person in the next house __________
area where people live ____________
animal like a very large dog _______
person who makes noise __________
uneasy
teenagers
next-door neighbor
neighborhood
wolf
noise-maker

10. Task4
Read the article in groups and write what people think about the strange noises. 3c
Who gave opinions?
What are the opinions?
Victor’s wife
She thinks that it could be an animal.
Victor and his friends
They think it must be teenagers having fun.

11. They think it might be the wind.
The policemen
Helen
One woman in the area
The writer himself
They think it might be the wind.
She guesses it can’t be a dog.
zxxkw
She thought it was too big to be a dog. She thought that maybe it was a bear or a wolf.
He thinks the noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.

12. Strange Happenings in My Town
Language items
Strange Happenings in My Town
1.We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days , something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said,

13. “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window
“Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”

14. 2. Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too
2.Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog, or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”

15. 3.Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.

16. Language points
1. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood…
(1)There must be … 意为 “一定有…” 表示对现在情况的肯定推测。
There must be something wrong with my computer. It doesn’t work.
(2) There be …doing sth 句型，表示 “有…正在做某事”。
There is a man fishing in the lake.
(3)There used to be“过去有” 和 There will /is（are） going to be“ 将会有”两种句型。

17. 练一练 用所给词的适当形式填空 She is _________ (worry) about her grandma’s health.
Exercise One
用所给词的适当形式填空
She is _________ (worry) about her
grandma’s health.
2. Did Mary have fun ________ (play) in the water?
3. You feel _______ (easy) when receiving
bad news. 
4. — Mom, I can’t find my dictionary.
— Don’t worry. It might _______ (be) at
your school.
5. The teacher heard Jim ________ (read)
English when she came in.
worried
zxxkw
playing
uneasy be
reading

18. 1【 2010 福建 ·晋江】 — Lily has a silk ______
1【 2010 福建 ·晋江】 — Lily has a silk ______. Listen, she is singing in the next room!
— How nice!
A. look B. noise C. voice C
2【 2011四川德阳】 Stop making so much _____. The children are sleeping.
A. voice B. noise C. sound B
3( 2011 大庆 ) — Did you hear any strange _____ when the quake happened?
— No, I was in my garden with my flowers and was enjoying the beautiful _____ of my birds at that time. A. voice; noise B. noise; sound
C. whisper; sound D. sound; voice D

19. 知识链接 also, too, as well, either 均含“也”之意。

20. 用as well, also, too或either完成句子：
1. If he doesn’t go, I won’t go, ________.
2. In this field he has knowledge and 
experience ________.
3. Simon likes playing football, and he 　　___ ____ likes playing basketball.
4. He likes swimming, and his wife likes it, 　__ ______.
either
as well    
also
too

21. 根据所给首字母提示完成句中所缺单词。
Many people usually pay more attention to
the f_________ result of the match.
2. Someone phoned Mrs Li that her son was in hospital, so she was u_______.
3. She was w_______ when her son didn’t come back at the usual time.
4. -Who is the o_______ of the yellow backpack? -Maybe it’s Mike’s.
5. He didn’t go to work b______ of his bad headache.
inal
neasy
orried
wner
ecause

22. Homework
1. Make sentences with these words as today’s exercise. used to,can’t/might/could/must be, too... to... , see sb do/ doing sth, have fun doing sth. 2. Retell the article after class。 3. Free talk after class：what do you think the strange noises are? Why?